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'When you've a couple of thousand Irish people roaring at you, those demons are blown away'
Ireland focused on executing a World Cup plan three years in the making
Scrum-half Cronin handed debut as Ireland make 7 changes for Japan
'We're trying to embrace the expectation and pressure, but it caught us'
Ireland's magnificent Maz leads our World Cup team of matchday 1
The Rugby Show: Lynne Cantwell breaks down Ireland's nail-biting start to the Rugby World Cup
'It starts the minute they get back to the dressing room': Recharging Ireland on a 3-day World Cup turnaround
Second row rampage tops the list of best tries from the WRWC opening day in Dublin
Dramatic finish to Ireland's opening World Cup win over Australia draws over 320,000 viewers
A night of noise, colour and drama but there's much more to come from Ireland
Spence just one of the match-winning 'impact subs' that delivered victory for Ireland
Gone in 11 seconds: Quickest try of the day helps France rout Japan and top Ireland's pool
'Ugly' win a beautifully firm foothold in the tournament for Tierney
Magnificent Maz and more talking points as Ireland begin the World Cup with a bang
Ireland edge epic, energy-sapping tussle with Australia to get World Cup bid up and running
Ireland make seriously hard work of Australia but open WRWC with win
Slick Winiata hat-trick helps Black Ferns gloss over set-piece struggle with Wales
Wilson crosses four times as powerful England lay down an early marker
'At the end of a World Cup, you need to sleep for about a week'
Set-piece, structure and incessant work-rate critical for Ireland in home World Cup opener
'We're hissing to get out there and have a crack': Black Ferns ready to end 2014 hurt
Snap happy! President Michael D Higgins presents the Ireland side with their jerseys
Leading the charge for women in sport: How important this World Cup is
Former Irish international worries for inexperienced players ahead of World Cup
Talking over as Ireland Women prepare to take hold of jersey and Australia
Ireland team named for World Cup opener against Australia
'The pressure is on them. We're the underdogs': Australia out to gatecrash Ireland's party
'They'll just be dying to get onto the pitch and do the nation proud'
Quiz: How well do you remember the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup?
Tierney's Ireland fully locked, loaded and ready to take on the world
Quiz: Name the sport/team this player represented before turning to rugby
'No one thought we would beat New Zealand three years ago - anything can happen'
How one Irish woman helped turn rugby into a sport for both sexes
'I think you've got to answer yes. It's a home World Cup, a once in a lifetime thing'
Excitement builds as Ireland prepares to host the biggest-ever World Cup party
'If I can get girls to live the dream that I'm living, then that's pretty cool'
How a lack of English camogie clubs led Fiona Steed to play in 3 Rugby World Cups
Ireland Women striving to make sporting role models a not-so-rare commodity for girls
Calm, cool, ruthless, ballistic: 3 years on from Ireland's momentous win over the Black Ferns
'She was so far ahead. She had the cheeky chappy attitude of a scrum-half, and the skills to back it up'